Nobel Prize winners past and present

October 8, 2012 |By Houston Chronicle Staff

File 2005/Associated Press

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Chinese writer Mo Yan spoke during an interview in Beijing in 2005. Mo won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in a somewhat unexpected choice by a prize committee that has favored European authors in recent years.

File 2005/Associated Press

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Chinese writer Mo Yan spoke during an interview in Beijing in 2005. Mo won the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in a somewhat unexpected choice by a prize committee that has favored European authors in recent years.